Date: Fri 04-Dec-1998

Publication: Bee

Author: MICHEL

Quick Words:

Evan-Gregoire-read-a-thon

Full Text:

Reading For Charity

(with photo)

BY MICHELE HOGAN

Evan has been asking friends and relatives to pledge a few cents for every

page he reads, or a few dollars for each book. Then he stretches out with a

good book and brings in the money.

So far he has 21 sponsors, some paying as much as 5 or 10 cents per page. When

he finishes reading all 216 pages in his first book, The Far North , by Will

Hobbs, he will have earned $158 toward a wheelchair-accessible van for Whitney

Balakier.

Evan said that he really wanted to help Whitney, because accessible vans are

too expensive for her parents to afford on their own.

Evan discussed the read-a-thon idea with his parents and teachers and everyone

supported the idea.

He said that he would like to encourage all students to do this kind of thing.

He said "you can do anything, reading, math, or jump rope. It's fun, too, I

have to say."